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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:13 AM Original message |
MIT sues Gehry, citing leaks in $300m complex |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. "What a heap O' crap" - human beings |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It's a sobriety test |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. the unconscious thought made real: put the little people in tenements... |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. This human being agrees with you. nm |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. I see the problem here |
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sentelle (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
5. in all fairness |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Gehry was born and raised in Canada and has designed buildings in other Northern cities. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. He's no FLW by any stretch, and considering the strides in building materials in say the last 50 |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. Post-modernist architecture = crap |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Please don't compare punk and tattoos to visual vomit like that building. |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. Punk Rock is Art with social conscience |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. You're So Mistaken |
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BuddhaGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. what a god-awful ugly building!!! |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You want ugly? Check out Gehry's Experience Music Project, here in Seattle |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Looks like an anatomical diagram. nt |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. yes, I can make out the liver and the spleen...and over there is the gallbladder |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. I think that it is a fascinating building |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. What? Buildings require maintenance! SUE! SUE THE BASTARDS! |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. How about a stupidity suit? |
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kwyjibo (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think this building is amazing. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. IMO, Gehry's work is as bad as Thomas Kinkade's paintings. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Nothing automatic - it's been three years |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. According to the linked article, the construction company warned Gehry's firm |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. So do I...I think it's quite beautiful |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. I'm sorry but that building is as assy looking as anything Kinkade came up with |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. they should sue him for lack of taste . . . that is one ugly building . . . |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. His name is Ray Stata - Chairman, Analog Devices, MIT '57 nt |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
17. Bwa-haha! "Architectural Monstrosity" Has 550 Google Results |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. When was the earthquake? |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. All we need.... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. Novelty for novelty's sake forgets that one reason buildings tend to look alike |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. Frank Gehry is a great architect |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. This building was made with NO concern for eco impact... |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. not plausible that downtown has become hotter |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. By your argument, global warming is impossible |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. what a wierd comparison. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. What do you call this thing? |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 05:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Really? |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
36. That looks like a fucking katamari |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Even Doonesbury commented on the building. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. LOL! |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. I must say I saw this coming |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-06-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. architects =/= engineers |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 01:47 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. He was part of a gigantic MIT prank? |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. LOL! |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
44. I was at M.I.T. last week. I'm sorry, but I love this structure. |
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heliarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-07-07 05:55 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Too bad it doesn't sound as good as a lot of other halls... |
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